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More wood being burnt from British woods than since industrial revolution Government said annual fuel harvest should reach two million tons by 2020 Bickerton Hill in Cheshire has seen a large decrease in the number of trees http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3122851/Where-woods-gone-smoke-new-trendy-green-wood-burning-stoves-boilers-funded-tax-millions-fuelled-birches-oaks-leaving-swathes-Britain-barren.html

Subsidies for new wind farms should be scrapped as rural parts of the country have “had enough” of developments, the Scottish Conservatives have said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-33121557

Campaigners have welcomed a decision by Perth and Kinross Council to oppose a major windfarm on the Perthshire/Angus border. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perth-and-kinross-council-votes-to-object-to-windfarm-plan-on-boundary-1.883642

“Look at the energy efficiency of this.” John Zamick, 57, stands beneath a single wind turbine in a field near Swindon. “I stand here in awe. This is unbelievable magic. It’s money from thin air.” “Thick air,” says his colleague, Bob Carnell, 60. Unabashed, Zamick continues. “That tower is 40 Read more

RSPB Scotland has expressed its grave concerns for the fate of some special breeding birds if a contentious wind farm, planned for the heart of the Flow Country in Caithness and Sutherland, gets the green light. http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/401829-rspb-scotland-fears-for-fate-of-rare-birds-if-wind-farm-gets-green-light-?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=News

Wind turbines threaten endangered birdsThe American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has warned that wind turbines are a threat to federally listed birds such as the endangered whooping crane which, according to the Washington-based organisation, “has to run a gauntlet of 24,000 wind turbines twice each year” because of the turbines being Read more

New large scale wind farms could be a thing of the past, under government plans to halt the industry. http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2015-06-11/end-for-onshore-wind-farms/

Angus MacNeil, the SNP MP for the Western Isles – which is home to the highest levels of fuel-poverty in the UK – has been appointed as chairman of the Westminster parliament’s Energy Committee. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/snp-mp-angus-macneil-appointed-chairman-of-westminsters-energy-committee/